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Hit points less than zero but still alive (sort of)

BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
edited April 2013 in Fixed
My main character got to -10 hit points in a battle but did not die. I could walk around but not do anything else. After resting there was no change. I expected the game to end but it did not. I had to reload. I could upload a screenshot of my character record page if that will help.
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  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862
    Screenshot and possible clues on how to reproduce it are needed.
  • BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
    Let me know if you have any trouble seeng it here (I didn't see a way to upload it to the forum): https://www.dropbox.com/s/qmdjib1kcqmnxrr/Photo Dec 08, 1 58 51 PM.png
  • MathsorcererMathsorcerer Member Posts: 3,044
    I was once playing around with a "negative regeneration" spell, applied it to a PC, and watched as their hit points dropped to 0 but they didn't die--their icon was grey but I could still issue them orders. If you aren't hit by a damage effect this result is possible albeit weird.
  • BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
    @Avenger_teambg: I have no idea how to reproduce it. It hasn't happened since.

    @Mathsorcerer: This came from direct hits and not a spell.
  • MathsorcererMathsorcerer Member Posts: 3,044
    You didn't run that character through Black Pits, did you? Can you export the character file and check for flags or permanent effects?
  • BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
    Nope, I haven't even looked at the Black Pits. I've already restored from a previous save. If it happens again, I will export it.
  • tommytommy Member Posts: 401
    i have noticed that your contitution is down, does it happend in the same fight? Or maybe after that?

    when your HP is low and when you then lose enough HP throught low contitution, maybe that is what happends to you.
  • BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
    edited December 2012
    It happened all in a single fight.
  • AlsnAlsn Member Posts: 97
    edited December 2012
    I notice that you are a level 1 mage but you have 16 hit points. Now, there are two possibilities, either you have a familiar, or you've been spamming Larloch's minor drain. I suspect either could possibly cause you to end up with negative health(familiar dying, drain's expiring) somehow. Did either of those things perhaps happen and the game just didn't know what to do with your character?

    Edit: Actually, I suppose someone could have casted the priest spell Aid on you as well, since it also gives temporary hit points at a low enough level to make sense of your screenshot.
  • BarryWallisBarryWallis Member Posts: 14
    Bingo! I have a familiar. I'm not sure if it died.
  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862
    edited December 2012
    Ok, i will test with a familiar, but i think it would kill me.
    [edit] yeah, dying from familiar bond doesn't check for death. Quick save/reload --> death.
  • CorianderCoriander Member Posts: 1,667
    I've had this happen with a familiar too. It's been reported.
  • AedanAedan Member, Translator (NDA) Posts: 8,551
    Patch 2014 fixed this.
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